DESCENDANTS OF HUMPHREY ARNOLD

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                           Don Norman

 

NOTE: Two men named Humphey Arnold have lived in central WV and both

have left descendats. They may be related, but there is no proof at this

writing. Both reportedly married a Harriet Ann Smith. This is probably

an error.

 

1.HUMPHREY ARNOLD

 

     Humphrey Arnold was born about 1732.  He married Harriet Ann

Smith.  Harriet was born about 1734.  "The History of West

Virginia" states that the Arnold family left Chester County PA

about 1765, with the parents and Isaac going to Harrison County

VA and sons Jonathan, Andrew and Jesse going to Greene County PA.

The family was enumerated in the 1840 census of Lewis County VA

(WV).

 

Children of Humphrey and Harriet Ann (Smith) Arnold.

 

  2.  (1).  Jonathan            b.       1752

         m.Rachael Scott.

 

  3.  (2).  Andrew.

 

  4.  (3).  Jesse.

 

 

2.JONATHAN ARNOLD     1.HUMPHREY ARNOLD

 

     Jonathan Arnold, a son of Humphrey and Harriet Ann (Smith)

Arnold, was born in Chester County PA in 1752.  He married

Rachael Scott.  About 1765, the family moved to Fayette County

PA.  Jonathan obtained a land warrant in Fayette County July 28,

1785 and the tract was suryveyed December 24, 1785.

    Jonathan's will is dated July 25, 1786 in "Luzere Township,

Fayette County in the State of Pennsylvania." and is found in

Fayette County Wills Book 1, pages 145 and 146.  The will was

probated June 24, 1799.

 

Children of Jonathan and Rachael (Scott) Arnold.

 

  5.  (1). Samuel

 

  6.  (2). Benjamin

 

  7.  (3). Levi

 

  8.  (4). Jonathan Jr.

 

  9.  (5). William (twin)       b.       1773

         m.Hulda Ursula Knotts

 

 10.  (6). James

         m.Comfort ------

 

 11.  (7). Rachel

         m.------ Hammond

 

 12.  (8). Hannah

 

 13.  (9). Sarah

 

 

 

9.WILLIAM ARNOLD     2.JONATHAN ARNOLD     1.HUMPHREY ARNOLD

 

     William Arnold, a son of Jonathan and Rachael (Scott)

Arnold, was born in 1773 and died in Gilmer County Va (WV)

October 4, 1856.  He married Hulda Ursula Knotts.  Hulda was a

daughter of Absolom Sr. and Sarah (Blackshire) Knotts.  The

couple sold sthe ancestral property in Fayette county PA to

Bernard Daniels  December 5, 1835.  They apparently moved to

Greene County PA and on a farm near Brownsville.  They appear in

the 1850 Gilmer County VA (WV) census in the home of their son

William.

 

Children of William and Hulda Ursula (Knotts) Arnold.

 

 14.  (1). Jonathan          b.Mar 27 1802    d.Jul 20 1883

         m.Thursa Butcher

         m.Phoebe Ann Collett  1841

         m.Laura Ann Jackson

 

 15.  (2). William           b.c.     1808

         m.Cafoline ------

 

 16.  (3). Rachel

 

 17.  (4). Sarah

 

 18.  (5). Charles

 

 19.  (6). Pinckney

 

 20.  (7). Caroline

 

 

14.JONATHAN ARNOLD     9.WILLIAM ARNOLD     2.JONATHAN ARNOLD

1.HUMPHREY ARNOLD

 

     Jonathan Arnold, a son of William and Hulda Ursula (Knotts)

Arnold, was born in Greene County PA March 27, 1802 and died in

Randolph County WV July 20, 1883. He moved from Greene County to

Beverly, Randolph County VA (WV) in 1822.  He first married

Thursa Butcher, who died about  a year after their marriage.  He

married Phoebe Ann Collett in 1841.  Phoebe died after a few

months. In  1844, Jonathan married Laura Ann Jackson.  Laura was

a daughter of Jonathan and Julia (Neil) Jackson of Harrison

County  VA (WV).

 

Children of Jonathan and Laura Ann (Jackson) Arnold.

 

 22.  (1). Thomas Jackson         b.Nov  3 1845

         m.Eugenia Hill  Jun 1 1876

 

 23.  (2). Anna Grace

 

 24.  (3). Stark W.

 

 

22.THOMAS JACKSON ARNOLD     14.JONATHAN ARNOLD     9.WILLIAM

ARNOLD 2.JONATHAN ARNOLD     1.HUMPHREY ARNOLD

 

     Thomas Jackson Arnold, a son of Jonathan and Laura Ann

(Jackson) Arnold, was born in Randolph County VA (WV) November 3,

1845.  When Thomas was 13, he was placed in school at Lexington,

Va and made his home with his uncle, Major Thomas Jonathan

Jackson, who is better known as "Stonewall" Jackson.  He

graduated from Washington and Lee University and began the

practice of law in Randolph County in 1868. On June 1, 1876,

Thomas married Eugenia Hill, a daughter of Confederate General

Daniel H. Hill.

 

Children of Thomas and Eugenia (Hill) Arnold.

 

 25.  (1). Isabel

 

 26.  (2). Daniel Harvey Hill     b.Jan 18 1879

         m.Mary Ann Denham

 

 27.  (3). Thomas Jackson Jr.

 

 28.  (4). Eugene H.

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

 

Bible record, Ella Summers Jones

Ancestor chart "Arnold Fam Ass. of South", Vol IX, p. 118-119

DAR Records

Bicentennial Biographies, Gilmer County WV

LDS Micro Fiche, WV

White, Eleanor, Letter to Ron Miller, 21 Feb 1979.

"Stalnaker Family Chronology"

"History of West Virginia" pp.554-555

Gardner, Terrell, Pedigree chart

Norman, Don, "The Jarvis'", "The Jacksons"

"History of Calhoun County WV 1989" pp.42,97,98,161

Knotts, Betty, letter to Ron Miller Jan 27 1992

1850 Gilmer County VA census

1880 Calhoun County WV census